Mary Robinette Kowal
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Hugo, Locus, and Nebula-Award winner Mary Robinette Kowal blends her no-nonsense approach to life in space with her talent for creating glittering high-society in this stylish SF mystery, The Spare Man. Tesla Crane, one of the richest women in the world,is on her honeymoon on an interplanetary space liner, cruising between Earth and Mars. She's traveling incognito and is reveling in her anonymity. Then someone is murdered and her husband is named...
Author
Series
Lady astronaut novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the east coast of the United States, including Washington D.C. The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render the earth inhospitable for humanity, as the last such meteorite did for the dinosaurs. This looming threat calls for a radically accelerated effort to colonize space, and requires a much larger share of humanity to take part in the process"--
"The Fated...
Author
Series
Glamourist histories volume 4
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A heist thriller presented in a Regency style and accented by magical elements follows the experiences of newlyweds who are set up for fraud after losing everything else to pirates, losses that compel them to hatch a reckless plan to reclaim their stolen fortune.
"Mary Robinette Kowal's Valour and Vanity is a Regency version of a heist movie with a healthy dose of magic sprinkled in. After Melody's wedding, the Ellsworths and Vincents accompany the...
Author
Series
Glamourist histories volume 5
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"[T]he magical adventure that might result if Jane Austen walked on the grimmer side of the Regency" --
"Jane and Vincent have finally gotten some much-needed rest after their adventures in Italy when Vincent receives word that his estranged father has passed away on one of his properties in the West Indies. His brother, who manages the estate, is overwhelmed, and no one else in his family can go. Grudgingly, out of filial duty the couple decide...
Author
Series
Glamourist histories volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Regency-era glamourists Jane and Vincent Ellsworth hope to bolster Melody's chances for a good marriage by accepting a commission from a prominent London family, a job that embroils them in an international crisis.
Author
Series
Glamourist histories volume 2
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Newlyweds Jane and David Vincent travel to Belgium and their ability to create invisibility via glamour makes them a target for emperor Napoleon's returning forces.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Harford, an intelligence officer. Ginger is a medium for the Spirit Corps, a special Spiritualist force ... Ginger and her fellow mediums contribute a great deal to the war efforts, so long as they pass the information through appropriate channels. While Ben is away at the front, Ginger discovers the presence of a traitor. Without the presence...
Author
Series
Glamourist histories volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In a Jane Austen-inspired alternate universe, two sisters, one beautiful and the other skilled in the glamour arts, test the limits of their gifts on an unscrupulous suitor.
Author
Series
Lady astronaut novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the east coast of the United States, including Washington D.C. The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render the earth inhospitable for humanity, as the last such meteorite did for the dinosaurs. This looming threat calls for a radically accelerated effort to colonize space, and requires a much larger share of humanity to take part in the process. Elma York's experience...
Author
Series
Lady astronaut novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
The Earth is coming to the boiling point as the climate disaster of the Meteor strike becomes more and more clear, but the political situation is already overheated. Riots and sabotage plague the space program. The IAC's goal of getting as many people as possible off Earth before it becomes uninhabitable is being threatened. Elma York is on her way to Mars, but the Moon colony is still being established. Her friend and fellow Lady Astronaut Nicole...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
"El futuro de la humanidad está en manos de un grupo de mujeres. En un frío día primaveral de 1952, un meteorito impacta contra la Tierra y arrasa la Costa Este de Estados Unidos. Pronto, las consecuencias de tal cataclismo harán del planeta un lugar inhóspito, como ocurrió antes de la extinción de los dinosaurios. Esta terrible amenaza obliga a la humanidad a acelerar radicalmente sus esfuerzos para colonizar el espacio. Elma York,...
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